FEMALE FOETICIDE AND THE DOWRY SYSTEM IN INDIA Devaki Monani Ghansham Women ’s Studies Research Unit‚ School of Social Work‚ University of Melbourne Townsville International Women’s Conference - AUSTRALIA 3 - 7 July 2002 ~ James Cook University “Poverty‚ Violence and Women’s Rights: ...Setting a Global Agenda” This international conference is for all who care passionately about improving women’s position in the world‚ who demand justice and full human rights for women everywhere and who believe
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They instantly tell the reader that marriage and the issue of the dowry will be heavily researched and economic history will be a forerunner throughout the article. It is apparent early on that Botticini’s main aim throughout the article is to use statistical approaches and primary data to examine the roles of dowries in fifteenth century Tuscany. It is made clear that two major variables that affected the size and amount of the dowries bestowed will also be examined. These two variables relate to
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Dowry is a multi-faceted‚ deep-rooted gender issue with social‚ economic and health consequences. This social evil has brought fatal effects to the lives of ordinary women of our society. This social crime has recently made footings in some countries‚ which were traditionally free of this evil like Afghanistan and Bangladesh‚ but our focus here remains Pakistan. The paper concentrates on the religious‚ social and economic structures of the Pakistani society to explain the age-old tradition of extortion
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education‚ matching cultures‚ close parental cities‚ matching religions‚ and matching vegetarians/non-vegetarians just to name a few. Potential bride-grooms come under close scrutiny for several areas of the matching process. Do they have enough means to support the bride? Do they appear to be men who will make good husbands and fathers? Often‚ the bride will live with her in-laws after marriage in what is called a joint family. Because of this‚ the groom’s family is also brought under close scrutiny
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marriage process both the families exchange the pictures of bride and groom along with their bio-data. If the family doesn’t find appropriate spouse for their children they take help of marriage brokers or matrimonial classifieds in newspapers by providing them the necessary information. Preparations will be made to meet bride and groom along with their families if everything meets with an agreement. In a traditional way the bride and groom are not allowed to see each other till their
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DOWRY SYSTEM IN INDIA Dowry system is a main problem in our society and it has disturbed and made disgrace to our society. Dowry system is the main culture system where parents of the bride give lumps of money‚ expensive gifts and jewellery to the bridegroom. The dowry has been done by many ordinary families in the North India. The dowry is event is where there is a huge requirement the bridegroom get millions of money as a dowry from the bride’s family depending upon the qualifications and education
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situation of Dowry in India No sooner did Prof.Nagendra open the door of his room than he slumped on the ground with a shriek of horror with a shriek of horror. Three girls‚ pretty‚ nubile and silently smiling were swinging to and fro in the air. They were the dead bodies of his loving daughters who could not bear his mortifications or not being able to marry them for the want of dowry. Never did Dr. Tandon imagine that his daughters would be strangulated to death for not bringing enough dowries before
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Dowry system is when the bride’s family gives goods‚ money‚ or estate to her husband and his family during marriage (E. Pauls Prine (Ed.)‚ 2008). This practice is mostly common in South Asia‚ specifically the Indian culture (E. Pauls Prine (Ed.)‚ 2008). On the other hand is the practice of bride price system which is where the husband gives cattle‚ land or goods in exchange for a woman’s hand in marriage (Schwimmer‚ 2002). This is mostly practiced in Africa among traditional households‚ where it
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The Dowry system in India was never intended to lead to the abuse of women. It was traditionally employed as a way of showing love to the daughter who was entering a new phase of her life as a married woman. It qualified her to become a full member of the new family system and she wasn’t seen as a hindrance or drain on the new family’s resources. It was only after British Colonial rule that this standard within Hinduism mutated into what it is today. Agricultural farming people began to be taxed
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DOWRY: AN EVIL FOR SOCIETY DOWRY DOWRY or DAHEJ is payment or agreement to pay any property or valuable security or cash by the bride’s family to the bridegroom’s family along with the giving away of bride (called Kanyadan) .In our society it is generally given by the girl’s family to the boy’s family but in hilly areas it is opposite. SOCIAL EVIL A Social evil is any action or consequence that causes pain and suffering to a person or many members of a society. These are the anti-social works
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